There's a wave of new technology that scratches that old itch. From the iTypewriter's retro blend of the 20th and 21st centuries to the Atari Arcade that brings old-school style arcade gaming to the iPad, the comeback now looks like the ultimate innovation.

iTypewriter lets you type on your tablet like a modern-day Ernest Hemingway

About: Typewriters have been around since the 1860s and became standard in offices, newsrooms, and government agencies for all correspondence. But with the emergence of personal computers and word processors in the 1980s, typewriters grew obsolete. Yet they linger in one way: The layout of virtual keyboards on touchscreens still uses the old QWERTY typewriter layout, designed to slow typists' fingers down so the mechanical keys wouldn't jam against each other.

Sony put CD and cassette players on the back burner for MP3 players

About: Sony Walkman devices used to be all the rage before MP3 players made their way onto the market. The first Walkman devices in the 1980s only played cassette tapes but eventually evolved to play CDs, MiniDiscs, and more recently, MP3s and other digital audio files. These days, the main appeal is the Walkman name, for those who remember the pre-iPod era.

This old-school handset works great with mobile phones

About: Landline phones are a thing of the past, but Native Phone has come up with a solution for those missing the feel of an old-school phone in your hand. It's compatible with smartphones, tablets, and computers.

An old-school brick phone case for iPhone

About: When cell phones first came out, they were incredibly clunky and typically bigger than a landline phone itself. If you weren't alive or old enough in the eighties to own one of those cell phones, it's now possible to get that same experience with the Retro iPhone case.

The telegraph now tweets in Morse code

About: There hasn't been a need to send messages over a telegraph since the invention of the telephone, but innovator Martin Kaltenbrunner still thought it would be fun to build a device that makes it possible to tweet in Morse code.

The Tworse Key is a standalone device that relies on the Arduino Ethernet board to decode Morse signals and tweet them using Twitter's API.

One of the biggest fad's of the nineties uses Bluetooth to stay relevant

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Casio

Product: Casio G-Shock GB6900AA

Cost: $180

About: G-Shock watches were incredibly popular in the '90s, and became a huge hit among kids. Now that all those kids are grown up, Casio recently released a watch for the tech-savvy. The new Casio G-Shock pairs with the iPhone via Bluetooth to display synced time, calls, and email alerts.